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Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of. Widely regarded as one of the greatest moral thinkers of the past hundred years, Parfit was...

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new...

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its...

An updated and comprehensive guide identifying all of the world's sharksSharks are some of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. We still have a lot to learn about these...

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building...

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television...

Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and...

The go-to introductory guide to Australia's diverse wildlife and habitats Ideal for the nature-loving traveler, Wildlife of Australia is a handy photographic pocket guide to the most widely seen birds,...

Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba are brother and sister, but they share a bond that transcends mere blood relation. Despite being siblings who attend the same school, their lot in life...

'The Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali' is the most important work on its subject since 'Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times' was published to international acclaim 14 years ago. Hauser's...

All the stories in Tales of the Night take place on the night of the 19th March 1929. All show different facets of love -love as violence, love as redemption,...

Published in association with Classic FM's "Gardening Forum" programme, this journal presents the team's tips on gardening problems throughout the year, solutions to common gardening conundrums, advice on which plants...

More and more people-hundreds of millions around the world-are living in bilingual homes. In the U.S. alone, more than 54 million people over the age of 5 speak a language...

"I live with a price on my head ...The kind of people that I spend my time engaging with are not usually very nice. On the whole nice people do...

This book presents a light-hearted look at Dorset's loos of yesteryear with local anecdotes and photographs of those buildings still standing. It is fully illustrated.

When a new family moves in next door, Joe's mum explains that they are asylum seekers. Joe hears that they are silence seekers, especially as Mum adds that they need...

Four years ago Erin Joyce left Dublin under a cloud and bought a guesthouse in the remote, beautiful village of Dunbarra. The Gatehouse attracts a strange clutch of guests who,...

Einstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol...

After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with by the bridge where her best friend drowned - the boy who...

As he approaches his fortieth birthday, the introverted monk Seido Oda is ordered by his superior to leave behind his peaceful refuge in the remote mountains of Japan and set...

The 5:2 lifestyle diet allows you to change your life for the better by dieting just 2 days a week. You will live longer, lose weight and feel great by...

Good design is the foundation of any individual and beautiful garden. An understanding of simple design and planning principles is all that's needed to create an interesting garden in any...

The history of climbing Everest is a chronicle of tragic failures and triumphant achievements, featuring some of the world's most celebrated climbers. 'To the Top' tells their stories and creates...

Leah Chishugi grew up in eastern Congo but, aged seventeen, she moved to Kigali, the Rwandan capital, to work as a model. She married and had a son. Then in...

One bite and you're smitten! Lulu Baker and her magical cookbook are back! But so, unfortunately, is the dreaded Varaminta le Bone. And this time she's managed to get her...

One day, Elmer notices that there are no birds around. How strange! Soon he finds them hiding from the nasty bully bird in a nearby cave. The bully bird is...

The magic ring that Emily Windsnap - half mermaid, half ordinary girl - finds buried in the sand belongs to Neptune, and he wants it back. But the ring, once...

Jack's wife has disappeared. She was in the car when they stopped for gas, he knows that much. He walked back from the counter, and then ? Jack can't remember....

The cartoon narrator and his new friends make reading this book a voyage of discovery. This is an amazing fact-filled journey that proves to be much more compelling than the...

Images and symbols are part of our world language and The Dream Bible provides a comprehensive illustrated guide to them, showing readers how to recognize and understand their messages. They...

After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he finds himself with neither money nor job, a shoplifting habit, an addiction to painkillers...

Simple but satisfying arts and crafts for young children. This delightful activity book is full of easy but fun ideas for things to draw, paint and craft, as well as...

Just add water to bring sharks of all shapes and sizes magically to life. Packed with action scenes of different types of sharks hunting, leaping and cruising among coral reefs,...

It's an icy New Year's Eve. Snow blankets a windswept Irish island as the wild Atlantic Ocean rages. Six friends gather. It has been ten years since the tragedy that...

An old house. A fire. Two corpses... DI Charley Mann returns in this gripping crime thriller. West Yorkshire DI Charley Mann is called for what seems a routine job. Prior...

'Crosskey propels the plot at breakneck pace, depicts a frighteningly realistic world and conjures a truly poignant denouement,' Guardian, Books of the Month'Keep this book far from anyone who might...

Rome is in peril... The old order is changing. Centurion Aurelius Castus has been summoned back from Britain to find himself caught up in a treasonous conspiracy threatening to bring...

Discover a world where Sleeping Beauty never woke up in this exciting twist on the classic story

For fans of Hilary Boyd and The Tea Planter's Wife , Colette Dartford's Learning to Speak American explores whether a parent can ever truly move on from the death of...

For fantasy readers and fans of World of Warcraft, the highest-grossing game of all time, comes an official tie-in novel featuring one of its most notorious characters: Illidan. Illidan Stormrage...

A truly feel-good book club read, a #1 bestseller in ebook and audio! Veronica McCreedy is about to have the journey of a lifetime . . . A BBC Radio...

Long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed A Border Station from the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of My Left Foot. 'The small room was thick with dark blue uniforms. Bull's wool the men called...

The companion novel to Last One Home , International bestselling author brings us another thoughtful and emotional read. How do you move on after your life has fallen apart? When...

The New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman weaves a mesmerizing tale of the dangers and possibilities of youth in THE BOOKS OF MAGIC, illustrated by the acclaimed artists John...

Did you enjoy watching the Matildas at the World Cup? Would you like to learn more about the sport you love? My Football Journal is the ultimate journal for all...

The bestseller optioned for a major film and adapted to the stage, Fourteen is this generation's Holding the Man - a moving coming-of-age memoir about a young man's search for...